abc action news at 4:30. three young girls fall about 45 feet from a ferris wheel in tennessee. what witnesses say went wrong. >> a home invasion burglary in the bay area to tell you about. authorities looking for a man that kicked in a woman's front door, what happened and what they stole straight ahead. >> last time it rained lik the street with my kids on my shoulders to get out. >> another round of rain could cause more flooding in the bay area. one man says a street in front of his house is impassable. thank you for joining us for abc action news on this tuesday. i'm dan shaffer. >> good morning, i'm deiah riley. floodwaters are inching closer and closer to homes in pasco county. >> as reporter marisela burgos shows us a new round of rain is making homeowners worried. >> every time it rains you have

>> reporter: matthew knows that's how he will feel tomorrow. >> if it rains tonight like it did last night the water will be at my front door when i get up in the morning. we probably won't be able to get out. >> reporter: he can't afford for that to happen, the street in front of his house is impassable. crews pumped water out most of the day. >> they've been doing it all day. i just wish they didn't stop. >> reporter: pacific pacific is expected to hit -- with even more rain. >> we did tactical planning in preparation for what may happen overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning. >> reporter: roughly 40 people on standby in case it gets bad and coming in earlier than usual tuesday regardless of what happens. kevin guthrie, director of emergency services admits it was not in good shape last year but it's in much better shape

issues come forward, how we'll respond, what we're going to do. >> reporter: water went into matthew's garage last year and this year he hopes these sandbags will keep it out. >> it's a retention pond overflowing, pretty much, every year. two, three times a year. >> that was marisela burgos reporting. there are several locations in pasco county where you can get sandbags. three are in new port richey, another in hudson. sand and shovel. we have an update on a 16- year-old boy shot last night in eastern hillsborough county. deputies now say it was a possible drug deal gone bad. the teen was shot in the face, happened in a home on progress boulevard west of falkenburg road. deputies say the teen was conscious but is not cooperating with the investigation. so far no arrests in this case. three young girls are recovering after falling about 45 feet from the basket of a ferris wheel in tennessee.

county fair last night. witnesses say the car that the girls were in got stuck as the wheel turned and dumped them out. the girls bounced off the wheel's metal frame, eventually hit the ground. authorities are not saying how badly they are injured but we're hearing they are alert and talking to the hospital staff. there are reports they are in good condition now. all of the rides at the fair are shut down until they are inspected by a third party. it appears the zika outbreak is spreading in south florida. the state now conf this one in palm beach county. officials say that person though did recently travel to miami-dade county. this makes 17 locally acquired cases in florida that -- the previous 16 infections were all in the winwood arch district of miami. a homeowner says banging on her front door turned out to be burglars. the victim says she saw two suspicious men through the

then they kicked in her door. it happened yesterday morning in the central point subdivision in winter haven. they stole a tv and her purse but the victim wasn't hurt. if you know anything about it or who they are call winter haven police. when you're in the hospital you expect to be safe but that wasn't the case for one local woman. another patient actually attacked her in her hospital bed. abc action news reporter michael paluska tells us what bayfront hospital staff is now doing to safe. we'll have that in a few minutes. there's a resource fair in pinellas county to help families affected by dementia. at the regal palms assisted living facility, 300 lake avenue northeast in largo. runs from 10:00 to 2:00. more than 25 vendors will be present to provide knowledge and services.

the problem is we've already rained a lot. some areas pick upwards of 10 inches here. pinellas and heading to pasco, of course the areas hardest hit are the areas that continue to see the heavy rain. it's moderate at this point, nothing recommendation but it will head to the -- north really heavy but we will talk more about this in a few minutes. let's look at the morning commute. this is i-275 road 60. a lot of traffic out there this morning. it's wet out there. take care on the roads, no problems in this particular stretch of road. but of course we're watching the other bay area roads in the area, we'll let you know how they are shaping up, coming up in a moment. delta airlines is going to try to find seats for tens of thousands of passengers whose flights were cancelled yesterday. a power outage knocked out computer systems world wilde.

delayed or cancelled. the airline says it's back up and running but they are investigating the cause of the meltdown. a central florida city bus driver is being disciplined for leaving a passenger locked in his bus for 20 minutes. the passenger says the driver got off without saying anything. that is when he started to record video. the driver got out to use the restroom which is allowed but a bus line spokesperson says the driver didn't communicate that to the rider. the rider says he was just a few blocks from home and never he's been riding the bus. ferry service between tampa and st. pete could get final approval today. pinellas county is the last government to approve the program. it's set to vote on it today. the ferry pilot program would launch in november, it would run through april. the service would run from the convention center in downtown tampa to the venoy basin in st. pete. a one-way ticket would cost about $10.

trump is scheduled to hold a rally in the traffic coliseum in -- trask coliseum in north carolina. he says no business should pay more than 15% of its income in taxes, a major drop from the current 35% corporate tax rate. he also took aim at hillary clinton saying her policies would punish people for working and doing business here in the u.s. clinton is scheduled to be in miami today, she's going to tour a health clinic to raise awareness of the public health threat of the zika bay area, made a stop? st. pete and then went to kissimmee. the searching on for the person behind the violent killing of a google executive in massachusetts. the gruesome condition that victim was found in and what nearby families are being told. >> a wildfire near los angeles has officials urging thousands to evacuate. the major effort now underway to stop this fire from spreading. >> good news for two local olympic swimmers.

medal tonight. we'll tell you who they are and

back to the so-called in a hospital bed -- sexual assault in a hospital bed. a woman says another patient attacked her. michael paluska tells us what

safe. >> reporter: the arrest affidavit terrifying, a man attacks a female patient in her own room. the accused attacker is another patient, police charged david webber with sexual battery. the report says webber went into the victim's room with his hospital gown tied around his waist and started to kiss the victim's face. he then ripped her sensors off her chest and began to grope her. the victim screamed for help when the charge nurse came in and told st. pete police webber was still on top of the victim on her we tried to get someone at bayfront hospital to talk on camera about patient safety in a hospital that is this big but instead we were given a statement. it reads in part -- we have in place training and education to help staff identify and if necessary intervene in a wide range of scenarios. we continually assess these measures to ensure they are effective and responsive."

sessionual battery and -- sexual battery and he, according to police admitted he did this and it was random and never saw the victim before. he's held on $20,000 bond. in st. petersburg, michael paluska, abc action news. authorities in massachusetts are searching for the person that killed a google executive. 27-year-old vanessa marcotte disappeared while out jogging in suburban boston sunday afternoon. marcotte was in town from new york visiting her mom. police found her naked and burned body authorities say they don't know now if it was -- if the murder was randsom but police are urging locals to be on alert. we're now hearing from the mother of twin 1-year-old girls who died in a hot car last week near atlanta. she was in the hospital with her sister who was in a terrible car accident, she says it's the first time she had left the girls with their father. in their father's care. police say he was drunk when he left them in a hot car

( indiscernible ) [crying] i know god took them. to take care of us. >> the family created a gofundme page to raise money for funeral expenses but since then movie producer tyler perry offered to pay for the funeral. a new court decision means we could soon back on the streets in tampa. a judge says the ban on panhandlers is unconstitutional. abc action news reporter cameron polom shows us how a local charity uses money from panhandling to help the homeless. >> asking for money, food, cigarettes. >> reporter: three years ago ybor business owners fed up. panhandlers were hurting business. >> the homeless issue is something that we address on a daily basis. >> reporter: the problem so

the practice in 2013 but now a judge has overturned the ban. >> we see 2,000 people a month. >> reporter: adele us if parker runs homeless helping homeless for people that have nowhere else to turn and the charity raised money on the streets asking for donations until the city banned panhandling. >> we thought it was not apply. >> reporter: optionings, to sue and business owners are getting ready to deal with the panhandlers again. >> it's definitely better i feel like without the panhandling. but i understand that people have it tough and sometimes you have to do what you have to do. >> reporter: the city is considering an appeal, until then officials say tampa police have been told not to enforce the ban. in tampa, i'm cameron polom, abc action news. 4:45. happening today -- dade city

citywide ban on fracking. opponents of fracking say the process has contaminated drinking water sources in other states and fracking poses an even greater risk of water contamination due to florida's porous limestone geology. if approved dade city would be the 16th local government to ban fracking in florida. looking for a job with great benefits? the faa is looking to hire 1,400 entry level air traffic controllers. the median salary is more than 120,000 dollars. the faa is accepting applications through next monday if interested go to our mobile app, also our web site, abcactionnews.com for a link, where you can apply. it's also on our facebook page. look at this video. some disney visitors posted this on-line. watch dopey, see that? we'll show you again. dopey, on the second level of that float in hollywood studios slips off the second floor and

i'm not making this up. watch for yourself. there he goes. apparently everybody's ok. acting goofy? >> i guess so. teens spend a lot of time on social media, you may want to play video games instead. a new study finds gamers score higher than average in math, reading and science on an international exam. on the other hand teens active on social media scored 4% lower on math than average. the study is published in international journal of communication. good morning on this tuesday. still raining, right? no surprise there but we have better news coming up the next few days. we have this cluster of showers and storms off-shore. but it's this area of rain that we've been following through the morning. at this point just light to moderate showers as it rolled through. as it came in along the coast, dropped a good one to three inches pretty quickly and so again this is the issue, with

cluster, we'll be arriving in the next hour up to the northern counties. we'll watch that. there's the latest rainfall. it's the last three hours, this is the kind of rainfall rate that this weather pattern we've been in has been producing, some tropical rains without lightning, just very fat raindrops that come down hard and heavy and can accumulate quickly. of course we can't drain the water as fast so we get into some trouble. here's the low to our north and west on the southern side of it it's still pumping in a lot of moisture so i think today still another day with pockets of heavy rain although for the morning commute it's not going to be as nasty as we had yesterday here as far as the widespread rainfall that impacted all our interstate. completely dry but not as bad. there's the low, where is it going? it's moving away. that is what is important. look at this chunk of clear air, we'll begin to reset the atmosphere so we can get sunshine sunshine through the morning. then we're in the middle of summer and wet season so we'll be talking about afternoon summer thunderstorms. which is more typical.

this is where the heaviest rain has fallen so it's the area that is going to be more susceptible to additional rainfall, from 2 to 4 inches could fall through the day today so the flood watch has been extended through 8:00 p.m. tonight. periods of rain today, temperatures in the mid-80s. with a drier pattern setting up and by that i mean afternoon storms which we'll get plenty of, just not the steady heavy rain we've been dealing with since the 4:49. let's check traffic. i-4 near the exit 1 off-ramp near ybor city. janelle martinez will have live reports at 5:00. so far so good. a ribbon-cutting will be for a new parking garage for a new complex in bartow. ceremony is set for 1:00 this afternoon at the north end of the garage. parking officially opens for drivers tomorrow morning at 7:00. the ray also try to even up

the toronto blue jays and a clearwater native will be swimming for a medal in the olympic games. tom korun has that and more. >> reporter: good morning. if you trying to run with the blue jays chances are you'll end up on the short end of the stick. rays found out last night. this game tied at 4 heading into the seventh, that is where they gave it up. travis starting with the single up the middle, bases loaded, that gives then jose batista uncorks the bat a little more with two more runs. the rays open up their three game series with the 7-5 loss. two days and counting to the buccaneers preseason opener against the eagles. one area on my watch list, buccaneers defense. i would like to see what this group will do under mike smith and see how they get out the field on third downs, if the situation presents itself i

defensive end noah spence. as tidessed? from what smith sens about him at least early on he will likely be a third down specialist. the story in rio. clearwater's melody margalles will swim for a medal tonight in the women's 200 individual medley. she was third in the semifinal last night. eastlake's sidney pitbrom who swims for canada also made the finals in the same event. so we have high school swimmers competing in the 200 im and that is pretty cool. here's the medal count as of last night. >> that's your morning sports update, enjoy your day.

news -- we're getting new details on the 10-year-old boy killed at a kansas water park. what investigators are now saying about his injuries along with others injured in the same boat as that boy. >> this morning we're hearing again from the father of the man behind the deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history. omar mateen's dad was with hillary clinton in orlando

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closer and closer to homes in pasco county. we have a live report on the how the latest round of rain is affecting the neighborhoods. >> the search on for the crooks behind a home invasion and burglary in polk county.

heavy rain continues to threaten multiple counties with flooding. >> and a teen shot. why authorities are having trouble getting anywhere in the investigation. >> a fiery scene after a three- car crash in hillsborough county. this is video a viewer if you were near hillsborough avenue and hoover boulevard you might have seen this last night. highway patrol is investigating the crash. we're waiting to find out now how this happened and how the people are who were in those cars. good morning, thank you for joining us on abc action news on this tuesday morning. >> you may have already awakened by the hard rain. a lot of wet streets? >> about everywhere. i ran into a bunch coming in. we'll track that coming up. >> and that is just from the rain that has already fallen.